In the 1950s, the Pacific Ocean was considered an empty space by the Euro-American powers. With the onset of the arms race during the Cold War, some of the colonial powers used the Pacific as a ...

Islanders can become more resilient to rising seas and extreme weather by protecting marine habitats and adapting farming ...

Tuna migration patterns in the Pacific are changing. And the stakes are high, not just for the economies and livelihoods of ...

The Pacific Ocean controls ENSO, which in turn affects weather patterns around the world. But as water temperatures rise, ENSO is thrown off balance.

The Maldives, an island nation in the Indian Ocean is one of the lowest-lying countries in the world, with an average elevation of just 1.5 meters above sea level. Rising sea levels pose a ...

Within the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, there are numerous island nations. We commonly refer to a total of 14 countries, including Papua New Guinea in which I currently reside. Papua New ...

The “Blue Pacific” is far more than just a fashionable term in the Pacific region. It is a reminder that what some people consider the world’s smallest countries are, in fact, among the largest.

Their spacecraft, named ‘Grace’, which undocked from the ISS at 4.45 pm India time on Monday, is scheduled to make a ...

The last time Poland, Hungary and India put anyone in space was during the late 1970s and 1980s, launching with the Soviets.

Countries have been vying for a piece of the mineral-rich area of the Pacific Ocean. The International Seabed Authority, a United Nations-affiliated agency that regulates access to seafloor mining ...

Nauru is a microstate in the Pacific Ocean, just 13 miles long with a population of 10,000. ... The state also has no army, one of 36 countries in the world without one.